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A 2024 study found that the roll-out of community health centers in the US leads to improvements in infant health outcomes. When mothers have access to a community health center, there is a 25- to 42-gram increase in birth weight and a 9% to 16% reduction in the likelihood of low birth weight.
Despite that, the centers are trying to improve their communities’ health and access to primary care in the face of inequities that start well before a patient steps into an exam room. Facing ...
A community health center is a not-for-profit, consumer directed healthcare organization that provides access to high quality, affordable, and comprehensive primary and preventive medical, dental, and mental health care. Community health centers have a unique mission of ensuring access for underserved, under-insured and uninsured patients.
Meadville Medical Center Health System, commonly referred to locally as simply "MMC", is a non-profit community health system located in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The health system serves the more than 75,000 residents of Crawford County, Pennsylvania , along with 150,000 additional residents in the greater northwestern Pennsylvania region.
A Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) is a community-based health care organization that provides comprehensive primary care and support services to underserved populations in the United States. These centers serve patients regardless of immigration status, insurance coverage, or ability to pay.
Other Adventist Health entities include, 20 hospitals with more than 2,890 beds, more than 275 clinics (hospital-based, rural health and physician clinics), 15 home care agencies and seven hospice agencies, four joint-venture retirement centers and a workforce of 31,000 includes more than 22,350 employees; 4,800 medical staff physicians; and ...
Wooster Community Hospital is taking another step into the future. Planning for the Patient Access Emergency Center actually began about six years ago, hospital CEO Bill Sheron told the crowd ...
Community Healthcare Network (CHN) provides primary care, mental health and social services in New York City. All of its locations are designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center by the Bureau of Primary Health Care. It is also an affiliate member of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.